Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

As the Paris market closed, the index was up 0.38%, with the Paris stock exchange rising 0.30%.

They were the top performers at the session Renault SA (PA:) rose 4.28% to trade at 34.34, or 1.41 point at the close. During this time, Kering SA (PA) gained 2.57%, or 16.90 points, to reach 675.50 Hermes International In late trade, SCA (PA.) rose 2.32% to 1474.50 or 33.50 Points

ArcelorMittal SA(AS:), the worst performer of the session, fell by 2.90% (or 0.82 points) to trade at 27,66 at the closing. Carrefour SA (PA) fell 1.89%, or 0.31 point to finish at 16.09. Airbus Group SE was down 1.81% (or 2.08 points) to 112.62.

Top performers in the SBF 120 competition were Mcphy Energy (PA.) rose 5.22%, to 23.40. Renault SA was (PA.) up 4.28%, to settle at 33.4 Vallourec (PA:), which gained 3.99% and closed at 7.30.

Atos SE, (PA:), which fell 5.03% to 41.33 late trade in the worst performing stocks was Atos SE. Aperam SA (AS:), which suffered a loss of 4.58%, settled at 49.01 Valneva (PA:), which fell 3.80% to 20.780 by the end.

The Paris Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 315 to 294 while 91 ended the same.

The shares in Hermes International SCA rose to new heights, rising by 2.32% (33.50) to 1474.50.

The was unchanged at 0%, to 18.96, an all-time high of 6-months.

The December delivery of Gold Futures was down 0.2%, or 0.35 to $1863.55 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil delivery for December dropped 0.82%, or 0.67, to $80.92 per barrel. The January Brent oil contract, however, fell 0.69 or 0.83% to $82.18 per barrel.

EUR/USD dropped 0.05% at 1.1444, but EUR/GBP was lower by 0.19% at 0.8544.

The US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.3% at 95.145.